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Feb. 25, 1930. J. w. WRIGHT BILL FILE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Nov. 13, 1928 v 3mm? Jilin 1 1 932 J. WRIGHT Feb. 25,, 21930.

BILL FILE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed NOV. 13, 1928 3mm M21772 Z '35 support;

Patented Feb; 25 1930 U STATES PATENT OFFICE Jnmns w. WRIGHT, omEURExA; CALIFORNIA, AssIGNoR, 'ro ELIZA A. EARLY, F i EUREKA, cnmromvrn BILL FILE I Application filed November 13, 1928." Serial No. 819,054.

. This invention, relates to' improvementsin bill files and more particularly :to bill files for household use. v

" An "mportant object of the invention is v to; provide, a. deviceofthis character which will be ornamental in appearance and which will bevery convenient'in use, permitting tally "mounted for swinging from a vertical or closed position to a horizontal or open po-' sition andwhich includes means for preventing the bills from falling through, the open backduring those portions of its movement from one .to'the other of said positions when it is substantially vertically disposed.

" a go i A-further objectiof theinventionis to pro,-

' ducea devicelof this character which may be very readily and cheaply produced and which will be securely held in either its open or Qclosedpositions. I v These and other objects I attain by the construction shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustrationo'isshown a preferred embodiinentof my invention and wherein H Figure l is a. rear elevation of a bill file constructed in accordance with my invenfl Figure 2 is a central vertical sectional view showing the sameapplied'to a wall or other Figure 3 isaside elevation of the device in applied position, the structure being I shown in'the open positionand parts being broken away;f i

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional j view through the device in closed position; v I Figure 5 is a front elevation of the bill-V retaining device as it appears-in Figure 3. Referring now-more particularly to the .45 drawings, the numeral10 generally designates the front wall, 11 the side walls and r r 12 the bottom wall of: the bill compartment. The front wall 10 is in the form of a flat sheet having its side edges reverted, as indicated at 13, and its upper and. lower edges dlsp osed.

reverted, as indicated at 14;, in such manner 2 I that they clamp the reverted side edges 13 at the endsthereof. The front face of the front wall may be employed as a support for advertising media applied thereto in. any suitable manner or may be ornamented in any desired manner. The side walls 11 comprise rearwardly directed flanges formed upon the reverted edge portions 13 of the front sheet and have at their rear ends outturned flanges 15 adapted to engage against the wall surface W against which the compartment is supported, as hereinafter described, when the compartment is vertically The bottom wall comprises a pair ofhorizontal strips formed upon the upper edge of a sheet 16 secured to the rear face of the front wall 10 by the revert 14: of the lower edge thereof. The rear ends of these strips preferably'have upturned ears 17 providing a stop to limit rearward sliding movement of V the lower edges of'bills 18 disposed in the compartment; V

g In combination with this structure, I pro- Vide a bracket, generally designated at 19. The cross-bar of this U-shaped bracket is provided centrally with an eye 20 for the passage ofa securing element and'from this eyeythe ends of the cross-bar extend in alinement with one another while disposed in the same general plane with the eye 2O. The arms'21 which depend from the cross-bar are offset forwardly from the cross-bar atftheir upper ends, as indicated at 22, for a purpose presently to appear. The lower ends of these arms have forward extensions 22 of a len th substantially equal to the depth of theside walls and the, forward ends of these extensions comprise pivots 23 extending through openings formedin the side walls adjacent the lower ends thereof and in close proximity to therear face of the front wall. The side walls adjacent their upper ends and near their rear edges are provided with inwardly pressed tits 24, which spring past the arms 21 as the compartment reaches its vertical I position. The spring tension provided by theseti'ts against the rear face of the arms efe factually holds the compartment in its vertical position and its movement to horizontal position is limited by engagement of the lower end of the front wall with the forward extensions 22* of the arms 21.

Secured to the cross bar 19 is a vertically depending strip 25- adapted to lie against the wall W. To this strip, adjacent the lower end thereof, is pivoted the lower end of a striker carrier 26. The pivotal connection between the strip and striker carrier is preferably in the form of flexible elements 26*, the corresponding ends of which are clamped in flanges 27 upon the lower end of the striker carrier. These flexible elements are the-n rassed through openings 28 formed in the lower end of the strip to the rearface thereof, where they extend vertically and areclamped in position by means of flanges 29 upon this strip. At the upper ends ofthese flanges, the elements are again passed to the front face of the strip and are secured to the rear face of the carrier by again clamping them in flanges 30 upon the upper end of this carrier. In engaging the flexible elements with these last-named flanges, they are introduced thereto from the lower ends of the flanges, which are preferably slightly spaced from the upper end of the carrier. They are then passed upwardly between the flanges and the back of the carrier to the upper end of the carrier where they are secured to the striker 31, which may be in the form of a suitably ornamented or advertisement-bearing strip. Between the strip 25 and the flanges 30, sufficient slack is left in the flexible elemen'ts'to permit the carrier to move from a position where it is vertically disposed and lies against the strip 25 to a vposition where it inclines upwardly and outwardly from the lower end thereof and has its upper end wellspaced therefrom. Due to the pivotal connection of the striker 31, this striker will at all times tend to a vertical position.

It will be obvious that with the bill file in the position illustrated in Figure 2, if the casing is moved outwardly and downwardly to the open position, the upper end of the striker carrier will move outwardly by gravity maintaining the strikers against the'rear faces of the bills until they have assumed a position where the forces of gravity are not suflicient to overcome the stiffness of the paper and where accordingly there is no tendency of the bills to fold'upon themselves and slide downwardly in the casing. The striker remains in its extended position until the easing is again moved to the closed positionwhen it will engage the bills to hold'them against the front wall of the casing before there is any tendency to such folding.

Since the construction hereinbefore set forth is capable of a certain range of change and modification without materially departing. from the spiritof the invention, I do not limit myself to such specific structure except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim V 1. In combination, a bill compartment comprising front, bottom and side walls, a bracket; adapted to be attached to a wall surface including forwardly extending. arms the outer ends of which have pivots engaging said compartment in'proximity to the rear face of said'front wall and adjacent the lower end thereof, the front wall being continued below the pivots to provide a heel to engage said forwardly extending portions of the bracket and limit swinging movement of the compartment when the front wall is substantially horizontally disposed.-

2. In combination, a

adapted to be attached-'toawall surface and including forwardly extending arms the outer ends of which have pivots engaging said compartment in proximity to the rear face of said front wall and adjacent the lower end thereof,the front wall being continued below the pivots to provide aheel to engage said forwardly extending portions of the bracket and limit swinging movement of the compartment when the front wall is substantially horizontally disposed, said arms comprising the out-turned terminals of vertically extending arms the upper ends of which are connected by a cross bar,a striker, means connecting the striker to said bracket to permit it to move outwardly by gravity to maintain engage ment with the rear faces of' bills disposed against the front wall of the compartment, and means adapted to limit the movement of the striker after the compartment has been moved through a predetermined angle.

8. In combination, I a bill compartment comprising front, bottom andside walls, a bracket adapted to be attached to a wall surface including forwardly extendi'ng'arms the outer ends of which have pivots engaging said compartment in proximity to the rear face of said front wall and adjacent the lower end thereof, the front wall being'co'ntinued below the-pivots to provide a heel to engage said forwardly extending portions of the bracket and limit swin ing movement of the compartment when the front wall is substantially horizontally dis-posed, the side edges of said front wall being reverted upon the rear face thereof and having angular flanges forming said side-walls. V

4. In combination, a bill compartment comprising front, bottom and side walls, a bracket adapted to be attached to a wall surface including forwardly extending arms the outer ends of which have pivots engaging said compartment in proximity to the rear face of said front wall and adjacent the lower end thereof, the front wall being continued below the pivots to provide-a heel to engage said forwardly extending portions of the sill compartment comprising front, bottom and side walls,a bracket its bracket and limit swinging movement of the compartment when the front wall is substantially horizontally disposed, the side edges of said front wall being reverted upon the rear face thereof and having angular flanges forming said side walls, the upper and lower edges of the front wall being reverted upon the rear face thereof and upon said reverted side edges. a

'5. In combination, 7 a bill compartment comprising front, bottom and sidewalls, a bracket adapted to be attached to a wall surface including forwardly extending arms the outer ends of which have pivots engaging said compartment in proximity to the rear face of said front walland adjacent the lower end thereof, the front wall being continued below the pivots to provide a heel to engage said forwardly extending'portions of the bracket and limit swinging movement of the compartment when the front wall is subi .stantially horizontally disposed, the side edges ofsaid front wall beingreverted upon the rear face thereof and having angular flanges forming said side walls, the upper and lower edges of the front wall being reverted upon the rear face thereof and upon said. reverted side edges, and a plate abutting the rear face of the rear wall at the lower end-- thereof and secured thereto by the reverted lower edge of the front wall, said plate havend thereof, the front'wall being continued below the pivots to provide a heel to engage said forwardly extending portions of the r bracket and limit swinging movement of the compartment when the front wall is substantially horizontally disposed, said arms comprising, the outturned terminals of verticallyextending arms-the upper ends of which are connected bya cross bar, a strip dependingfrom said cross bar and adapted -to lie against a wall to which the bracket is secured, a striker carrier pivoted at its lower I end to said, strip and normally tending to separate therefrom at its upper end by gravand a flexible connection. between the striker carrierand'said strip limiting the outward movement of the upper end of the striker carrier.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

JAMES w; WRIGHT.

ing'at its upperv end a horizontal rearward extension forming the bottom' wall of the compartment.

6. In combination, comprising front, bottom and side walls, a

bracket adapted to be attached to a wall surface including forwardly extending arms the outer ends of which have pivots engaging said compartment in proximity to the rear face of said front wall and adjacent the lower end thereof, the front wall beingcontinued I below the pivots to provide a heel to engage said forwardly extending portions of the bracket and limitswinging movement of the compartment when the front wall is substantially horizontally disposed, said arms ,com- 1 prising the out-turned terminals of'verticala 1y extending arms the upper ends of which are connected by a cross bar, a strip depending from said cross bar and adapted to lie against a wall to which the bracket is secured, a striker carrier pivoted at its lowerend to said strip and normally tending to separate therefrom at its upper end by gravity and a striker for engagement with the rear face of bills carried by the compartment pivoted to the upper end of the striker carrier,

7. In combination, a bill compartment comprising front,'bottom and side walls, a bracket adapted to be attached to a wall'surface including forwardly extending arms the outer ends of which have'pivots engaging said compartment in proximity to the rear face of said front wall and adjacent the lower a bill compartment 

